Any Non-Welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle

The public at large, many policymakers, and a number of economists hold views of social welfare that are non-welfarist, which is to say that some importance is attached to factors other than individuals' utilities. We show, however, that any non-welfarist method of policy assessment violates the Pareto principle

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Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Kaplow, Louis ; Shavell, Steven
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Theorie \| Theory \| Pareto-Optimum \| Pareto efficiency \| Wohlfahrtsökonomik \| Welfare economics \| Nutzenfunktion \| Utility function \| Nutzen \| Utility \| Sozialpolitik \| Social policy \| Soziale Wohlfahrtsfunktion \| Social welfare function \| Wirkungsanalyse \| Impact assessment
Description of contents:	Abstract [papers.ssrn.com]

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 109, April 2001 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments March 1999 erstellt Volltext nicht verfügbar
Classification:	D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; H43 - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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